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Friday, August 31, 2012

When Connie came to Los Angeles in April, we thought it would be interesting for her to record an original "Pop" song. Noted songwriter/producer Robbie Nevil, came up with SAIL AWAY for us and on a Sunday morning, at Robbie's studio in Santa Monica, Connie stepped up to the microphone.

We all loved what we heard. What started out as an "experiment" turned into a fun and popular song for Connie. The little video we put together just passed 500,000 views on YouTube!

Produced and released independently, the song is doing well on iTunes and the other digital download sites. We are starting to get radio airplay worldwide and we've made a distribution deal for the song in Japan, where Connie has many fans. The popular teen music website TweenPopRadio has a Top 40 list and Connie has been at #1 for five straight weeks... ahead of One Direction, Demi Lovato, Maroon5, Carly Rae Jepsen, even Justin Bieber.

As most of you know, Connie has recorded 4 new songs with multi-platinum songwriter/producer Toby Gad. Two of the songs, Connie co-wrote! Hopefully, she will be back in the studio with Toby soon, to produce more tracks with the goal of an album in mind.

Plans are in the works for Connie to record an album for the Asian market and a trip to Hong Kong in December to promote it.

Going back to SAIL AWAY for a moment... it is really important that folks support the single by purchasing it. Unfortunately, today, only about half of the digital downloads for songs are legal ones. Piracy has really hurt the music industry, the artists and all of the supporting people who make music for us to listen to possible. So, just remember how hard artists like Connie work to entertain us all and share with us their special talent. Isn't a dollar worth it to keep the music coming from people like Connie? If you haven't done it yet, please visit iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon or your favorite legitimate download site and do your part to support your favorite artists.

From Tween Pop Radio ~ "The new TWEEN POP 40 chart has just been released and for﻿ the 5th straight week the number 1 song is SAIL AWAY by 11 year old singer CONNIE TALBOT from England. Congrats to Connie and all her Connie friends. The chart is based on TPR listening activity from August 3rd through August 25th.

and this from another friend, YT user 9012505

Congratulations on your 5th﻿ week at number one on Tween Pop Radio.

Thanks to those two friends for letting us know, and thanks to all the many friends who helped Connie rise to the top of the TPR chart. You're all amazing!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

There are some new playlists on Connie's YouTube channel, ConnieTalbotOfficial. Here's the first one: Young Voices Concert Series 2011/12

The Young Voices Series in the UK is coming up again fairly soon (early December). Connie is already scheduled to star in it once again, so I just thought you might like to get some sense of the incredible atmosphere of those concerts, which play every year to full houses in some of the biggest arena venues in the UK. In this playlist you can see a few of Connie's great performances from the previous series.

Being at a Young Voices concert is an unforgettable experience for everyone - children, parents, performers, and everyone who attends. Connie described Young Voices 2011/12 as the best thing she has ever done. Considering this is from someone who reached the final of Britain's Got Talent, and also sang for an audience of 400 million people in China - that gives you some impression of how amazing it feels to be part of it.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Here’s
some words about the Beautiful World contest. First
of all, when they told me how many people had entered, I had to do a quick
double-take. I just couldn’t believe it. The response was absolutely
incredible. 73 videos !! It took over five hours to watch them all! The
thing that struck me most of all was the immense enthusiasm and dedication of
every single one of the contestants. It was a very tough job for Connie to
choose the winner, but she made her choice at last. Many congratulations to Viktoria! And also, loads of thanks to Connie for being the judge! Every
entry to the contest was amazing in its own special way, and everyone brought
their own individual interpretation to the song. In fact, you are all amazing people. Connie is
very lucky (and she herself knows it) to have such extraordinary people as her
fans – not only the people who entered the contest, but all Connie’s fans. That’s
why Connie likes to think of you all as, "not just fans, but friends." Some
people have asked if we are planning to have any more contests. The answer is
yes, as soon as we’ve got ourselves a bit more organized around here. We have
some very cool ideas, and we’ll let you know about them when we’re ready. In
the meantime, I’m interested to know if any of you out there has any ideas for
contests you’d like to see. If you do, then the best way to reply to me is to leave a comment on this
blog post, or you could send a message to Connie’s YouTube inbox. Either way, I’ll
be sure to see it. I can’t guarantee we’ll be able to use all of your ideas,
but we’d love to see them anyway. So
get your thinking caps on!Posted by Simon

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

This is Connie's viddy of The River Flows In You.
Go to viddy.com/connietalbot607 to watch more viddys from Connie.
If you visit Connie's Viddy page, please take a moment to Like, Comment, and Follow. Thanks! :-)

Sunday, August 12, 2012

The
way we found out about Viddy was rather curious. Connie’s manager, Rod Paul,
happened to be reading the newspapers one day (as you do) and he came across an
article in the Los Angeles Times about a mobile app/website known as Viddy which has been attracting followers very fast recently.

Viddy has been called "the Twitter for videos" - you follow people, they follow you, and everyone uploads videos, but they must be 15 seconds or less. The mobile app is only available on the iPhone right now, but an Android version will be ready soon, they tell us. Of course, you can always watch Viddy from a PC or a Mac, if you prefer that.

So, Rod showed the article to Connie and her sister Mollie, and they checked
out the Viddy app. They thought it was a really good idea, and Connie was eager
to get started with it.

Later that day, Connie showed me her list of ideas for
possible viddys. At first glance, all I could see was a page full of amazing
pictures and words and colors and swirly bits everywhere. I said, “Wow, Connie, that’s a
great piece of artwork! Maybe you should put it on exhibition at the National
Gallery in London?”

It took Connie a while to convince me it was actually a
list. I’m sure everyone will forgive me for being a bit slow on the uptake.
When I make lists, they look kind of... list-like and, well, a bit dull really. It takes
some time for me to adjust to the idea of working with someone like Connie, who
makes lists that look like works of art.

If you follow Connie on Viddy, you can
expect to see some of the ideas on that list turned into viddys very soon. Click here to go to Viddy.com and watch some viddys from Connie!

Anyway,
what I’m trying to say is, that the LA Times article tells us that Justin
Bieber has a keen interest in Viddy, and
that he is giving it his full support. So, Justin, if you happen to be reading this, just to let you know that Connie Talbot is also now on Viddy, and that she
supports it too!

Saturday, August 11, 2012

We're very pleased to announce that this blog now has over 20,000 pageviews! We're really amazed...
When we first started Connie's blog almost exactly one month ago, we weren't sure about what to expect, or if anyone would visit. We surely did not expect to get so many people visiting in such a short space of time.

Thanks to everyone who has visited here, and given Connie your amazing support. You are awesome!

While you're here, don't forget to subscribe and/or join as a member, so you won't miss any of Connie's updates. Also we will really appreciate if you tell all your friends. Thanks!

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Hi everyone, just been watching Beamer Wigley's cover of Sail Away and its brilliant, my dream one day was to see someone perform one of my songs and enjoy the music and he did just that :) Also, he's amazing at guitar! Maybe one day he could teach me some guitar skills :D

We just found out that there's a repeat of "Die Ultimative Chart Show" (The Ultimate Chart Show) on the RTL TV channel in Germany at 20.15 until 23.00 Germany time on Friday August 10th. (It's also repeated again later at 00.30.)

Connie appears in the show, and she sings one song. We won't tell you which song, just in case you haven't seen it yet!

Although the show lasts nearly 3 hours, it's very interesting. But if you just want to see the part where Connie appears, watch the final half-hour. If you're in Germany, you can watch on air. Outside Germany, you can watch the stream on the RTL website.

It's a great article, and I learned a few things I didn't know before. So, if you want to know (among other things) what is Connie's favorite candy, and also if you want to learn a secret fact that no-one else knows about, well, I guess you'll just have to read the article for yourself! :-)